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Table 2 LR of E. coli fecal output due to the effect of single day feeding of phage master mix

From: Novel approach of using a cocktail of designed bacteriophages against gut pathogenic E. colifor bacterial load biocontrol

Phage feed at 1×107PFU/ml via drinking water for one d

E. coliCFU/ml

Mean LR (log10CFU/ml)

Time zero (control load)

1.8 x 105

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Day 1

7 x 104

0.4 ± 0.02

Day 2

6.3 x 104

0.45 ± 0.08

Day 3

6.9 x 104

0.39 ± 0.07

Day 4

1.3 x 104

1.11 ± 0.12

Day 5

1 x 104

1.22 ± 0.18

Day 6

1.5 x 104

1.04 ± 0.22

Day 7

4.7 x 104

0.55 ± 0.1

Day 8

1 x 105

0.22 ± 0.08

Day 9

2 x 105

−0.07 ± 0.01

Day 10

2.5 x 105

−0.17 ± 0.06

Day 11

2.2 x 105

−0.1 ± 0.04